Ten Pound Island Lighthouse

Ten Pound Island Lighthouse is a memorial in Essex, Massachusetts. Ten Pound Island Lighthouse is situated near Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial, as well as near Greasy Pole.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial and Sargent House Museum.

Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial is a historic memorial…

The Sargent House Museum is a historic house museum… Sargent House Museum is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Ten Pound Island Lighthouse.

Gloucester station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Gloucester station is situated 2,500 feet north of Ten Pound Island Lighthouse.

Nearby places include Central Gloucester Historic District and Gloucester.

Daderot, Public domain.

Dogtown is an abandoned inland village in Gloucester on Cape Ann in Massachusetts. Dogtown Commons is situated 2 miles north of Ten Pound Island Lighthouse.

Memorial
…is inscribed with “Before you stretches Ten Pound Island. In 1821 a lighthouse was built on the island to safely direct sailing ships into Gloucester Harbor. Some of America’s greatest works of art were painted by Winslow Homer while staying at the keeper’s house in 1880...”
Category: historic site
Location
Essex
Massachusetts
New England
United States
North America
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Latitude

42.61011° or 42° 36′ 36″ north

Longitude

-70.67° or 70° 40′ 12″ west

Open location code

87JFJ86J+22

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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